Strictly Come Dancing's Stacey Dooley beams as she makes fresh-faced departure from her hotel after bouncing back from painful rib injury

She made a defiant return to the dancefloor after admitting she wanted to cry for four days straight following a rib injury.

And after sending viewers wild with her performance - and bagging herself a generous 36/40 from the judges - Stacey Dooley looked ready to throw herself back into rehearsals on Monday morning.

The TV presenter looked in high spirits as she stepped out of her London hotel with a beaming smile on her face.

Up and at them! After sending viewers wild with her performance - and bagging herself a generous 36/40 from the judges - Stacey Dooley looked ready to throw herself back into rehearsals on Monday morning

Stacey's trademark red tresses positively shone as she emerged from her digs make-up free and grabbed some much-needed dancing fuel in the shape of a coffee and sparkling water.

She kept her style relatively pared-down in a black trench coat, a comfortable grey tracksuit and on-trend platform trainers.

Despite her secret reservations, the star went down a storm with viewers as she and partner Kevin Clifton shared a fake kiss behind a hat during their Ginger Rogers street dance on Saturday's show.

Upbeat: The TV presenter stepped out of her London hotel with a beaming smile on her face - after admitting her injury left her wanting to cry for days before the weekend's live show

The pair defied fears her rib injury would impact their performance as they received an impressive 36 points with their commercial Couple's Choice dance to Alicia Keys' Empire State Of Mind - despite missing two days of training.

Bruno Tonioli told Stacey she 'danced like a pro', and her storytelling was 'flawless', while Craig Revel Horwood commented: 'It had absolutely everything I love.'

Kevin went on to gush how proud he was of Stacey's efforts as he told Claudia Winkleman: 'We missed two days and she said to me "I'm not happy" so we trained to 10 pm for two days to make the hours up. I'm so proud of her.'

Success: The pair defied fears her rib injury would impact their performance as they received an impressive 36 points with their commercial Couple's Choice dance